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A police officer was fired after shocking CCTV footage emerged which appeared to show him beating a 16-year-old teenager as he attempted to handcuff her in a holding cell.

Officer Terrance Saulny was sacked from the New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) after a Public Integrity Bureau investigation concluded that he used "unauthorised force" against the girl.

The investigation also determined that Saulny was dishonest in his interviews when he denied making vulgar comments towards the girl.

Shocking: The officer beats the girl as she stands in the prison cell

In the CCTV clip, Saulny enters the girl's holding cell at the New Orleans Juvenile Intake Division after she kicks the door repeatedly.

After a brief exchange, Saulny suddenly pushes the girl against a bench in the room before striking her repeatedly with his handcuffs.

Another officer then enters the cell as the girl is led face-down on the floor as assists Saulny in placing the handcuffs on her wrists and ankles.

Unauthorised force: The officer was sacked after an investigation into the CCTV footage

The investigation report suggested the teenager suffered minor injuries from the confrontation but her family's lawyer claims she needed eye-surgery as a result of the incident.

NOPD spokesperson Tyler Gamble told the New Orleans and LA Local News that the FBI had reviewed the evidence but did not find enough cause to send the case to the Orlean's Parish District Attorney's Office for criminal charges against Saulny.

Superintendent Michael Harrison said in a public release: "There is no place in the department for officers who choose to mistreat members of the public and lit about their behaviour."